Directions:

Imagine setting forth on a voyage of discovery to somewhere no one in your country has gone before. At the end of the 15th century men from several European countries began to do just that. You will be creating a Sunday Supplement for the newspaper, the Chronicle, celebrating five of the explorers of the Western Hemisphere.

Step 1:

• You will be assigned a group.

Step 2:

• Your group will be assigned an explorer to research.

5CL Groups
5MD Groups

Step 3:

• Turn to page 5 in your European Explorers and Slavery Book.

• Write the name of your explorer on the line in the middle of the page.

Step 4:

You will decide who is responsible for which part of the research.

Your team has to:

• Present some background on your explorer’s life and include his image
• Indicate for which European country he sailed
• Visually indicate the reason for his expedition(s)
• Map the areas of the Western Hemisphere where they explored
• Highlight what he discovered.

Step 5:

You will be using Google Slides to present the information. Each group will have their own Google Slide presentation.

Explorer Research Websites

Top Ten Explorers

• http://www.biographyonline.net/adventurers/top-10-explorers.html

World Explorers.

• http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/explorersflash2/

Major European Explorers, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

• https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/exploration/resources/major-european-explorers

Famous Explorers Biographies

• http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/explorers.html

Cybersleuth Kids.

• http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/

24/7 Research Databases (Password is "look")

• http://swb.auth.orc.scoolaid.net/bin/databases?schoolId=512